March 2014

March 2014

Contents:

Editorial



October 2013

October 2013

Contents:

Editorial

Our 10 October 2013 showcase

10-12 October
Norwich Sound & Vision 2013

DOE

Horse Party

The Mondegreens

Our next full gig –
Friday 13 December 2013

our 13th birthday and Christmas party

Drugstore

She Makes War

BUOYS



June 2013

June 2013

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 7th June 2013

Loom

Die You Now

Darwin & the Dinosaur



April 2013

April 2013

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 26th April 2013

violet violet

Cthru27

Arrows of Love

The Nightingales


Recommended:

April 2013 @ NAC



January 2013

January 2013

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Wednesday 23rd January 2013

The Joy Formidable

WE//ARE//ANIMAL


Recommended:

January 2013 @ NAC

21 January 2013, Blood Red Shoes @ NAC



December 2012

December 2012

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 14th December 2012

Cold In Berlin

Tortoise Family Connections

There's Someone In The Pond


Recommended:

December 2012 @ NAC



October 2012

September 2012

June 2012

June 2012

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 22nd June 2012

Yeti Lane

collider

The Thinking Men


Reccommended:

Norwich Arts Centre selected June 2012 highlights




May 2012

April 2012

April 2012

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 13th April 2012

Drugstore

Fiel Garvie

Port Isla




February 2012

February 2012

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 24th February 2012

Electricity in our Homes

Octagon Court

Invisible Cities




December 2011

December 2011

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 16th December 2011

Magoo

We Can't Dance

Khan

Tim Clare

John Osborne



October 2011

October 2011

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 7th October 2011

The Victorian English Gentlemans Club

Olympians

The Shadow Project



September 2011

September 2011

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 16th September 2011

Sarabeth Tucek

Alloy Ark

Rory McVicar


Reccomended:

BBC Music Video Festival

Norwich Sound & Vision convention



June 2011

June 2011

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 17th June 2011

Underground Railroad

Fever Fever

The Day The Robots Came




April 2011

April 2011

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 8th April 2011

Talons

Deers

Embarrassing Machines




February 2011

February 2011

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Friday 25th February 2011

Blue on Blue

C.O.L.L

Typewriter Radio




December 2010

October 2010

September 2010

August 2010

August 2010

Contents:

Editorial

Our next gig -
Sunday 1st August 2010
Waterloo Park Walkabout Our compere

Black Vox

Blue on Blue

Glory Glory

Hellhound Oconnor and the Winkles

KunK

Olympians

These Ghosts



June 2010

Rory McVicar

Rory McVicar plays wombatwombat on Friday 16 September 2011 @ NAC

It’s been ages since you played Norwich, what treats have you got lined-up for this homecoming show?

It has been too long, but it makes it all the more special. As for what will happen on the night – who knows?! What’s for sure is that it’s a cracking line-up. I’ve been championing Alloy Ark since I saw them huddled around a piano at a Wensum Lodge music night many moons ago. It’s always a pleasure to play in the NAC auditorium, the place feels like a second home to me.

How are you finding gigging in London now you’re living there?

What’s immediately noticeable is that you’re hard pressed to find anything approaching the community spirit of a smaller city like Norwich. There is just so much of everything – so many bands trying to get gigs, so many promoters putting on gigs, so many venues and so many people wanting to see live music – that it becomes easy to get lost in a great wash of activity. It takes a while to get your bearings, and I suppose I’m still in the process of doing just that. It’s also very exciting – it puts me in mind of when I first started out in Norwich, making bedroom recordings on my Tascam cassette four-track and sending them off to promoters like wombatwombat.

What are the three most important things we need to know about Rory the musician?

How to answer this without coming across even more of a self-important, pompous little pip-squeak than usual? Drink. Feck. Arse.

Which local/national/international bands do you have an affinity with and why?

For a long time the only contemporary music I really listened to was stuff coming out of Norwich. I have long said that Shane Olinski is the most brilliant and frustrating musician I have ever come across. I also enjoy the songs of The Gore Vidals, Tawny Owl & the Birds of Prey, Mat Riviere and Transept. This is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of Norwich music I like. Further afield, I’ve collaborated a lot with Nat Johnson, and I think she’s great. In general my listening tendencies seem geared towards the mid-to-late 1970s, and at the minute I’m listening to a lot of Big Star, particularly the album Third. All my favourite albums are the ones where the singer has gone mad on drugs and found God. This does not bode well for my 40s.

What have you been up to since the launch of Another Sleepless Night With Rory McVicar and when can we expect your third album?

I’ve been up to all sorts since then, though not a great deal of it has been music-related. Releasing the album all by myself, on vinyl no less, took it’s toll on my bank balance and energy reserves. It’s an experience I would not change for the world, however – and the night of the album launch at Norwich Puppet Theatre ranks amongst my happiest on earth. In the meantime, I’ve been making documentary films, which is something I enjoy doing a great deal. I’ve also made video pieces for music, and in general my creative output has been concentrated on moving image for the last wee while. All this means I am about sick of that, and I am again hungry to make music and perform live. I’m writing songs and slowly but surely pulling together different ideas to take the form of an album. I’d say it’ll be a while yet, but we shall see.

Social media snapshot

Which social media do you use and how do you rate them in terms of the best way to promote your band, with 1 being the best?

Ranking

Social media

URL

Anything to add?

1

Website

http://rorymcvicar.co.uk

Both albums streaming in full.

2

Facebook

Another Sleepless Night With Rory McVicar page

Mostly relating to the release of the current album, but I do periodically post updates on here.

3

Twitter

http://twitter.com/rorymcvicar

Garbled mind gunge.

4

Vimeo

www.vimeo.com/rorymcvicar

Various video bits and bobs.

Argh

Myspace

www.myspace.com/rorymcvicar

I would delete it if I could but the registered email address is no longer in use!

Who’ll be playing what tonight?

Definitely

Rory: guitar and vocal

Hopefully*

Owen: bass and vocal
Andrew: drums and vocal
Calum: guitar and vocal

*subject to being able to organise a rehearsal in the intervening time!

You can stream both of Rory’s albums from his website using this link.